Etching press



April 9, 1940? c. E. LoosE Er AL `2,196,813

ETCHING' .PRESS Filed May4 2 5, 1939 J Nl/ENTORS. fa/@fg ,Donovan rfa/am@ Patented Apr.- 9,.. 1940 2,196,31shV vE'roHINo PRESSy Clyde E. Loose and Samuel Donovan Swann,

, Baltimore, Md.

. Application May z5, 1939, serial No. .275,704

' s claims. (ci. 10i-277) This invention relates to improvements in portable etching presses and has for itsobject to provide a device of thisl character which is simple iii-construction and easy of operation,

l5v and which is designed for the purpose of instruction,- entertainment and amusement.

A further object of the invention is to provide an etching press4 constructed of thin metal which will yield sufficentlyto allow the bearings to automatically adjust themselves with respect to the rollers.

A further-objectA` of the invention to provide an etching press in whichthe roller 'bearings are self-adjusting to vaccommodate any unevenness or irregularity in the material passing between the rollers.

A further object of the invention is to provide an etohingpress that portable and whichA can be readily secured tof a'table, stand, or other Y' The invention consists of the novel constructio-n and arrangement of the parts and combination of parts, hereinafter more' fully set forth in the following specification, and` pointed out 25 in detail in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:`

Figure 1 isa sideelevation of secured to a table, or stand. s

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 'l showing the parts on the table, or-res't,` with the letching pad and paper' partly broken away.

l'ligure 3 is a. section on theline 34-3 of Figure 2.v l f I vFigure 4 is an end view .of Figure 1.

our invention ing'part of this specification. andin `which like referencenumerals designate like parts through- -out the severalnviews thereof, I designates the base of the press which is made of thin sheet metal and which, in the present instance, is square and has two apertures 2 in one sidethereof adjacent the bottom of the base into which one end ofthe clamps 3 project;l the other end of the clamps 3 project under the table 4 and 4' 45 are held thereto by the screws 5, The saidy base I projects upwardly on two opposite` sides and has two vertical openings lat 6 on opposite sides thereof and is provided on each side with bear- 5 ings 'Iand B which are slotted in their ends, into so that the said bearings I and 8 can be raised and lowered in saidfopenings-. The slots in the ends of the bearings `I and 8 are suiliciently wide to allow. a slight rocking movement to allow the rollers 9 'and Ill, or either of them, to tilt Referring to the accompanying drawing, form` which slots the edges ofthe openings 6 project slightly at either end so they lbecome self-vad-v` justing should the-material passing between vthe rollers loe uneven orirregular. The upwardlyprojecting sides of the base are vsufficiently thin toallow them to yield slightlyA to strain in order -to allow the bearings to adjust `themselves with respect tothe rollers in the event the-"slots in the bearingsare'not suiiiciently widetoentirely accomplish'the same The rollers 9 and: Illare n `held by, and revolvein,v the bearings 'I and 8'.

The'lower bearings '8 reston the thin metal edges at the bottom of the vertical openings .6 which permits them to` rock slightly therein-to allow the Ioearing's 8 to automatically adjust them`` selves to the rollers. Resting on the kupper bearings 'I are blocks II of rubber, or other suitable resilient material, to allow the upper roller Si to yield' as the etching plate passes betweentlie said rollers `9 and Ill. v Resting on the upper sur-y face of the rubber blocks II are plates I2 through which'V the screwsfl?)v project and are held infposition bythe thumb nuts I4, The said screws I3 'K have their inner ends secured on the inner sides of the base l. y*The plates I2 can be forced down o-n therub'ber blocksI II bythe lthunilo nuts I 4 to regulate the pressure of the upper roller 9 against the pad andi-'etching plate as they pass between'v the' said rollers.. The upper roller 9 is provided with ahandle I5 by means of whichl it is` turned. The rest I6 projects between the rollers v9 and. I0 and travels back and forth between the rollers' sof as the latter'areturned. -When the device is to be operated, the etching plate I 1, after being properly inked, is placedon the rest I and the paper I 3 placed lon the'upper surface ofthe s' etching'plate l1, and the pad I9 then placed on top of the etching paper. The handle l5 is then turned .which carries the` rest I6, and conse-r` quently, theetching plate, papenvand pad bel tween the4 rollers 9 jand: Ill, and` after passing through said rollers, remain on the rest I6 on.

' The printing',

the vopposite side of the rollers. having been accomplished, the parts are removed from the rest I6 and the operation repeated as often as desired.l

V I-Iaving thus described our invention, what we claim is:

. 1. An etching pre-ss comprising a base, two

vertical openings in opposite'sides of vsaid base, bearings slidably mounted in said verticalv openings and having slotsin` opposite ends into which the sides of the said vertical slots project,.said

srlot'sbeing suliciently wide to allow a slight rocking motion to saidl bearings to allow them to become self-adjustable with respect to the so. .v

rollers mounted therein, two rollers mounted in said bearings, one above the other, and ymeans forrevolvng said rollers. f

2. An etching press comprising a baseformed of thin sheet meta-l and having vertical extensionslon two sides opposite each other, and each of said vertical extensions having a vertical opening therein, bearings slidaloly` mounted in said vertical openingsl and each having a slot in its ends sufciently large to allow a slight rocking movement thereof to allow the bearings to become self-adjustable with respect to the rollers,

two rollers mounted in said bearings, one above the other, and means to| revolve said rollers'.l 

